Frank Noon (tennis)

Frank Noon
Full nameFrank Seymour Noon
Country (sports) GBR
BornMarch 1865
Blaby, Leicestershire, England
DiedSeptember 1932 (age 67)
Eastry, Kent, England
Turned pro1883 (amateur tour)
Retired1893
Singles
Career record97–39[1]
Career titles9[1]

Frank Seymour Noon (March 1865 – September 1932) was an English tennis player during the Victorian era. He was active from 1883 to 1893 and won 9 career singles titles.[1]

Tennis career

Frank Seymour Noon was born in Blaby, Leicestershire, England in March 1865.[2] In 1883 he played his first event at Teignmouth and Shaldon Open where he reached the quarter finals.[1] He won his first singles titles at the Burton-on-Trent Spring Open in 1884.[1] His other career singles highlights include winning the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1886),[1] Midland Counties Championships (1886),[3] Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1887),[1] Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887), Market Harborough Open Championship (1889–90),[1] Darlington Open (1889),[4] the Northumberland Championships (1889) and the Darlington Open (1890).[1]

In addition he was a losing finalist at the Midland Counties Championships (1887),[1] Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1888),[1] Leicester Open (1888),[1] Leamington Open Tournament (1889),[1] Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament (1889), and the Warwickshire Championships (1890).[1] Between 1891 and 1893 he left for the United States to play on the USNLTA Eastern Circuit where he competed in the Longwood Challenge Bowl.[1][5] He reached the semi-finals of the 1891 edition, but lost to Philip Shelton Sears.[1] He was a quarter finalist at the 1892 edition losing to Frederick Hovey.[1] He played his final tournament at the prestigious Longwood Bowl tournament in the United States in 1893 where he lost Valentine Gill Hall.[1]

Noon died in September 1932 at Eastry, Kent, England age 67.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Players: Noon, Frank Seymour". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 1 June 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis: Midland Counties Tournament: In the morning Mr Noon very wily disposed of Mr Mitchell in the final round of the Midland Counties competition, and then later on in the day met Mr. C. Morgan, the holder of the cup, and defeated him three sets in succession. Mr Noon has greatly improved as a player this year". The Field. London: British Newspaper Archive. 3 July 1886. p. 44. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ "LAWN TENNIS: DARLINGTON TOURNAMENT. Yesterday was more favourable for play, and a number of matches were worked off. Mr Noon won the men's final". York Herald. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 9 August 1889. p. 7. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. ^ "From Far and Near: Entries for the Longwood Tennis Events". The Boston Globe. Boston: Newspaper.Com via the Wikipedia Library. 17 July 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 June 2023.